Text Formatting ⇒ Need horizontal strip: two column book template

[praveen25488]

I managed to get the sheading tab, but still, there are some problems. Problem 1: A black box on gray strip with question number in white. Problem 2 Insert indent of 1 cm for text throughout the document. Problem 3: Can we define globally for spacing between items or there is the only way to put '\\'. Here is the code for your kind reference,

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{multicol}
\setlength{\columnsep}{1cm}
\usepackage[top=0.75in, bottom=0.75in, left=0.55in, right=0.85in]{geometry}
\usepackage{color}
\definecolor{mygrey}{gray}{0.75}
\textheight=9.75in
\raggedbottom
\setlength{\tabcolsep}{0in}
\newcommand{\isep}{-2 pt}
\newcommand{\lsep}{-0.5cm}
\newcommand{\psep}{-0.6cm}
\renewcommand{\labelitemii}{$\circ$}
 %-----------------------------------------------------------
 %Custom commands
 \newcommand{\resitem}[1]{\item #1 \vspace{-2pt}}
 \newcommand{\resheading}[1]{{\small \colorbox{mygrey}{\begin{minipage} 
 {1\linewidth}{\textbf{#1 \vphantom{p\^{E}}}}\end{minipage}}}}
 \newcommand{\ressubheading}[3]{
 \begin{tabular*}{6.62in}{l @{\extracolsep{\fill}} r}
 \textsc{{\textbf{#1}}} & \textsc{\textit{[#2]}} \\
 \end{tabular*}\vspace{-8pt}}
  %-----------------------------------------------------------
  \begin{document}
  \chapter{Exponents 1}
  \begin{multicols}{2}
  %%%% Start Question 1
   \resheading{\hspace{0.5cm}\textbf{1.} }\\[\lsep]\\
  $$\sqrt{9x^2}$$
 If $x>0$, which of the following is equivalent to the given expression?\\ 
    \\
   \begin{enumerate}
    \item[A)]   3x\\
 \item[B)]  $3x^2$\\
 \item[C)]  18x\\
 \item[D)]  $18x^4$\\
 \end{enumerate}
  %%%% End Question 1
  \end{multicols}
  \end{document}

[Johannes_B]

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